I probably should have originally had some links to example videos of what I meant by my original question.

Here are three example videos. These don't use DAZ Studio but you can probably see that you could do those various angle pictures with DAZ Studio. Also those two first videos have characters that are inspired by Star Wars and I know Star Wars is copyrighted but these videos are here only as an example of the process.

SilverGirl said:

NetherFalcon said:

SilverGirl said:

Pleased about the free radishes this week, though. Those could see some use. And I had a good giggle about the "Sweeny Shaving Foam"

Sweeny Shaving Foam-a reference to Sweeney Todd? Or Sydney Sweeney? The former has more context but the movie/play is not new at all, while the latter is a rising star. Maybe Sydney Sweeney should be in a new Sweeney Todd movie. That would tie everything together. 

I assumed Sweeny Todd... no need for something to be new for the referential humor to be solid.
(Also I had no idea about the Sydney Sweeny thing until I looked it up just now... what the blazes??)

Yeah it's more likely about Sweeney Todd. And as far as Miss Sydney goes, she isn't a bad actress, but there's two big reasons why she's popular these days.  

NetherFalcon said:

SilverGirl said:

Pleased about the free radishes this week, though. Those could see some use. And I had a good giggle about the "Sweeny Shaving Foam"

Sweeny Shaving Foam-a reference to Sweeney Todd? Or Sydney Sweeney? The former has more context but the movie/play is not new at all, while the latter is a rising star. Maybe Sydney Sweeney should be in a new Sweeney Todd movie. That would tie everything together. 

I assumed Sweeny Todd... no need for something to be new for the referential humor to be solid.
(Also I had no idea about the Sydney Sweeny thing until I looked it up just now... what the blazes??)

SilverGirl said:

tsroemi said:

Actually, I think AI created this sale, because I refuse to believe that any English speaking human being would create 'doorbusters' that don't bust anything, doors or no ... So I guess I'll let AI do the buying then as well 

Well, we've seen that in Daz-land, marketing uses words for whatever they want them to mean, not necessarily with any relation to the meaning of the word. So I think in this context, "Doorbuster" is simply "item we want to highlight and claim it's a great deal, whether it is or not."
For pity's sake, today's Doorbuster is a /hallway/. 

Pleased about the free radishes this week, though. Those could see some use. And I had a good giggle about the "Sweeny Shaving Foam"

Sweeny Shaving Foam-a reference to Sweeney Todd? Or Sydney Sweeney? The former has more context but the movie/play is not new at all, while the latter is a rising star. Maybe Sydney Sweeney should be in a new Sweeney Todd movie. That would tie everything together. 

mermaid - RajRaja’s Bryce Atmo looks wonderful, like the Star Trek ship ! Choclate Abstract is superb !

Horo - Plants are fantastic !

Past as Future - Exquisite objects !

kyoto kid said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

it reminds me of a very old Stonemason one no longer available, trying to recall the name

 

..The Dark Star or Generic Sci Fi Corridor perhaps?

yes, still available but a DO without his name

https://www.daz3d.com/the-dark-star

kyoto kid said:

WendyLuvsCatz said:

it reminds me of a very old Stonemason one no longer available, trying to recall the name

 

..The Dark Star or Generic Sci Fi Corridor perhaps?

What about Mely3D's Modular Sci-fi Interior Kit? 

WendyLuvsCatz said:

it reminds me of a very old Stonemason one no longer available, trying to recall the name

..The Dark Star or Generic Sci Fi Corridor perhaps?

So I have come to only use HDRI backgrounds for DAZ Studio.

It seems like certain HDRIs give me more desirable results than others when I use AI on the images. I’ve particularly liked the results I get when I use this “mud road” HDRI. I liked how both the woman and the dress came out. But I suppose it would be a bit unusual to wear such a dress and stand in the mud.

So I went and used object selection (which the software maker claims is also AI) to select the model and delete the background. Then I applied this gradient background that matches the skin color of the model. And I cropped the bottom of the picture out. I think this might convince somebody it's an actual photograph of a woman. I don’t know if DAZ will ever do that. But this also wouldn’t exist without DAZ so I guess AI didn’t kill the 3D star this time.

I stumbled upon this thread by chance.  I definitely have MUCH appreciation for Mousso and have a lot of her products.   ...Funny fact was that up to now, I thought Mousso was a guy!  ...And I been with Daz since 2018!

Not making this longer than it has to be, in terms of my favorites.  I would say that I have used Delaney the most for base characters.  Rylee is a close second and of course, there is Revel given that she looks like a certain star in a predominate Sci-Fi / Horror series of films!  Both examples only use items bought from the Daz Store.

Here is one of my creations using Delaney.  This is Bella La Rouche  (Pronounced as Laroo).  It is obvious that I created her based on the Harry Potter character of Bellatrix LaStrange, although Bella is far more classy lady and knows more than just tricks with a magic wand:

https://www.deviantart.com/ravendiablo/art/Bella-LaRouche-Evil-Sorceress-Alternate-outfit-784965563

She is quite beautiful and very attractive, which she does use to her advantage.   While considered as evil, she has been known to do a good deed every now and then...if it suits her needs.

Here is an example of my use of Revel which I combined with Xenogirl to create an ultimate variant on the human / xenomorph hybrid of Ripley 8 featured in Alien: Resurrection.   She's aptly named, Ripley 9:

https://www.deviantart.com/ravendiablo/art/Ripley-9-Xenomorph-Human-Hybrid-972308041

May the 4th...

I'm "orthodox" and thus acknowledge that May 25th (the date I'm posting) is the true anniversary of Star Wars (no bloody "Episode IV -  A New Hope" business)!

Before anybody gets riled up, I'm kidding!!!  It's just interesting how events like this parallel changes and divisions within other cultural practices like organized rel...oops...better not finish that word.

Anyway, I'm taking the opportunity to post this bit of goofiness.  Uh, it's arguably funnier if one has some context.  The three personal, original characters are from a web comic a co-created and exclusively illustrated some 24 years ago.  The lad in the center, yes, lad, has claimed he can "rock" the infamous metal bikini look and has accepted it as a challenge.  You gotta admire the boy's confidence.

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character is emerald star by leagueofheroine on deviantart

Non-complaint:  Time for another mini-adventure to uptown tomorrow(Friday).  8:00AM bus to Doctor appointment.  (Just a 6 mo. scheduled checkup with my primary physician.)  But bus arrives in the middle of the city medical area an hour early so I have time to toddle a half block to that little local breakfast restaurant that was closed for vacation the last time I was in that area of the city.  Then toddle back to the doctors for my appointment.  

By time I'm done with the doctor it will be about 10:45AM.  I'll get a short Uber ride headed toward home but stop on the east edge of the city at the decrepit mini-mall where the chinese take-out, Subway, and my favorite  hole-in-the-wall beanery are located.  At which time it will be nearly 11:00AM, when the Chinese take-out will be open.  But first I'll pop over to the neighboring TImHortons to pick up a couple donuts and and a muffin or two.  Then pop over to the Subway and get a footlong sub-sandwich to take home.  By then it will be time for lunch in the beanery.  Then I'll pop over to the Chinese take-out for my Szechuan chicken take-out   Mmmm..., Szechuan chicken.

Then, loaded down with take-home food I'll get another Uber for the rest of the trip home.  No need to stop at a grocery this time.  My larder, freezer and refrigerator are finally full.  No major grocery shopping needed for several months.  Yay!

I'm lucky that this small city has Uber service.  But not many drivers.  I think I know them all now.  One guy has a really nice Tesla and is easy to talk to, nice guy.  He was the one who took me 60 miles to Buffalo when I needed an emergency run to an eye surgeon because of my detached retina.  Most of the other drivers are presentable, chatty, and have nice cars, and I give them a 5-star rating and at least a 15% tip.  However one of them does smoke in his car and I'm not thrilled when it is he who shows up  (he's nice and we usually talk, but because of the smell of smoke in the car he doesn't get a 5-star rating). 

Note:  Reformed cigarette smokers seem to have an acute aversion to the smell.  Well, at least I do.  Makes my stomach turn.

And the story continues as we learn that Richard just might have those skills he claims - or he just might be a bit delusional. You decide...

It just dawned on me that Lola works in a CAThouse (Mustang Ranch)! She is the purrrrfect girlfriend for Richard! They've already developed a close relationship in jail, and Lola is very impressed by Richard's many skills. How could I not have seen this coming? Will Jack be jealous or relieved that Richard has found someone else to spend time with?

I'm an Excellent Equestrian

Lola visits Richard in his home. He shows her that he really IS an excellent equestrian. She thinks he is quite cute, if a bit delusional.

Item Used: dForce CB Lala Clothing Set for Genesis 9

Some Reader Comments:

Richard Haseltine: I am an excellent delusionist.
Lilwolff: Mustang Ranch? The one in Nevada !? oh my,! Poor kitty or lucky kitty, depending on how you look at things.
barbult: Yes, Lilwolff, that's the one. These stories seem to develop a life of their own. I never know where they are going. Maybe she'll marry Richard and give up the working life, but that marriage seems improbable. Maybe she'll take a customer service job at Daz. No, not THAT kind of service. Maybe she is just the head of the IT department at the ranch, or the grounds keeping crew. She never said what she did there.
Lilwolff: Good point barbult, I am sure by now they have an IT department, seems everyone does.

I'm an Excellent Driver

 Note: I'm an Excellent Driver is one of my favorite renders ever!

Richard and Lola are out on the town, so he can show off his driving skills.

Richard: Look, I can drive up and down and forward and back, and the tractor rental is cheap - only 25 cents per ride.

Lola: Whee! Do it again, Richard!

Richard thinks to himself: Impressing a woman is a lot of work!

Item Used: dForce CB Lala Clothing Set for Genesis 9

Some Reader Comments:

Llola Lane:
OMG Barb... stooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop!!!  My sides hurt from laughing so much... lol.  and yes.. we ARE a lot of work if ya wanna impress us ;P
barbult: I thought Richard's expression looked like "What have I gotten myself into?".
Richard Haseltine: It often does.

I'm an Excellent Auto Mechanic

Richard: See, I replaced the batteries and this dead truck is running perfectly again! I'm an excellent auto mechanic.
Lola: I think I'll keep my feet safely up here on the sofa. Your paw is not designed for precision joystick control. I don't know what that truck is going to run into next. I don't want it to be my bare foot.

[ Poor Richard, yes, he was right. It is hard to impress a woman.]

Item Used: dForce CB Lala Clothing Set for Genesis 9

Some Reader Comments:

Richard Haseltine: Richard is abysmal with anything requiring a joystick of gamepad at the best of times - he bought one of the Star Wars "flight sims" and probably destroyed more X Wings than the Empire.

I'm an Excellent Marksman

Richard: I'm an excellent marksman. I almost never miss the wall.
Lola (clapping): Woo hoo, Richard, you only missed once so far.
Richard: I don't count that as a miss. That horse should know better than to get between me and my target.

Item Used: dForce CB Lala Clothing Set for Genesis 9

Tag: Totte#03

#4518 G2M His Black Boots (Rendo)
#1006 Peasant Outfit for Genesis 3 Male(s) (#23585)
#1979 Sci-fi Police Outfit Textures (#47897)
#4147 X Fashion Club Harness Outfit Set 02 Bra and Harness for Genesis 8 and 8.1 Females (#87165)
LB1: #3182 Old Manor (#69547)     
LB2: #1518 SS Marcoor Medbay DS (#33891)
 

Also Used: 
IG Iray Lee 6 HD + Kung Fu Hair + Steampunk Working Class + Commoner Co-Star Lee Poses + Horse Stables broom)
Ragnar for Genesis 3 Male(s) + Bubba Hair + Barnabus props (staff)
Nenana HD for Genesis 8 Female(s) + SY dForce rags for Genesis 8 female(s)
Edie 8 HD + Sci-fi Police Outfit + Aeridian Future firearms 
KOO Tyson + Gentleman Style Outfit + 
ART Garbage
Oso VDB Magus Effects
Magical Potions and Bottles
Shattered
Sci-Fi patrol Bot

Scripts, Shaders and Lights used:
RSSY 3DL to Iray
Refracted Iray Glass
Platinum HDRI Pack 1

Alien Investigations

Multi billionaire and philanthropist Lotsa Pezos had captured an alien life boat while performing one of his trips to space. He decided to make his own scientific examination of his find, all in good faith. He did not anticipate that the alien's enemy's recon bot should arrive, and even less that the alien could use his powers to freeze dangerous objects in motion. To make it worse, bottles of strange liquids from the alien's ship shattered, but Lee the helper was quick to mop it up.

Then, old Edie, the security guard showed up, asking a lot of questions, specially about this strange fellow appearing out of nowhere, holding back the recon bot with his hand.

COMIXIANT said:

@KyotoKid
Well fancy that, the world's largest privacy invader and data scalper unable to find a pizza.  I'm determined more than ever now to find it, and in the process, prove the vast superiority of being a conscious human bein

...I'll be out there myself searching as well. 

SilverGirl said:

I just wish there was an option to turn AI off. Or, better, to have to opt-in to use it in the first place.

Yes I am a curmudgeon about these things. I don't even use a cell except for roadside emergencies, and it annoys me to no end that so much of society now not only assumes you have one, but requires you to have one to participate. Want to get that great bargain at the grocery store? Scan here. Want to participate in our discount club? We need your cell number. Filling out our form? Provide cell number in this required field. I got a card in the mail last year about proposed updates to the recreational areas in the city -- specifically the playgrounds. In order to find out more or enter an opinion, you had to scan a QR code. There wasn't even a "or log on to <whatever.com>" option.

...for Google searches just preface them with -ai and it will skip using it. 

Unfortunately that doesn't work on their AI assisted spell checking so I now have to depend even more on my trusty old version of Word 2000 with the custom dictionary I set up.

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I still have my old flip phone which serves now as a travel and backup home alarm clock (in case the power goes out).  I actually miss using it as I could flip it open just like Capt .Kirk did with his communicator in the old Star Trek series.

LeatherGryphon said:

Old people bank stories:  I still use bank checks but the only thing I use my checkbook for anymore is rent and an occasional donation to some under-technicalized organization.  But I still keep the checkbook tally pages accurate and balanced with all my account's activity by check or credit card, despite also using the bank's Website records.  It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling to see ink on paper with the same numbers as the computer.

...I do the same as ro pay though the management's online app costs an extra 7$. May not sound like much but when your only income is a very meagre SS benefit (from which rent takes a 47% bit out of every month) any savings is a good thing.  Plus, with this flaky management company we have here, that extra proof of payment could be a life saver.

[Blue Star Wireframe appearing on the model how to get rid of it?] This is what is appearing on model and one car i am using how to get rid of it. I tried hiding and unhiding everything cant understand what causing this. See the attachment below. Thank you for help. 

True. But Mediaeval fortresses have a considerably longer history.

It is a skill getting ones head around the possible word soup necessary to prompt the type of image you desire.

This prompt: "flying castle,view from above, planet orbit, star, mediaeval" 

Then: "flying castle,view from above, planet orbit, star, science fiction"

Finally "flying castle,view from above, planet orbit, stars and moons with space ships, science fiction"

Still not a mediaeval castle made from shaped stones with crenalations etc flying high, but closer

Regards,

Richard

Honestly, I've felt that the smiles on DAZ figures have gotten increasingly creepier with each generation since Genesis 8, and it's always been more extreme on the male figures...   With Genesis 3, the expressions were primarily morph-driven, which made for very smooth facial flow but could leave one unable to get a really extreme expression, whereas beginning with G8, the basic problem became that while the "bones" allow for greater and more varied movement, they're ultimately a compromise as real expresions don't really work the same way the DAZ face is being manipulated and the more extreme the expression is, the more obvious the "bending points" become.  My solution, such as it is, is to keep every expression a bit on the muted side, and if I want to make them a bit broader, to fix it in post by copying out the area right around the mouth into a separate layer in photoshop, nudging the shape of the mouth ever slightly using the puppert warp tool, and then blending parts of that back in carefully so that it fills in the harsher bends.  

Well, that, or just make all my males from Star Trek's evil universe and giving all of those characters moustaches or beards. :)